Writing for Advanced Learners of English Student´s Book

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Advanced, Proficiency. This book provides writing activities for advanced learners of English language and literature.

Using an inspiring collection of authentic sources to stimulate written work, this text develops students’ free written expression through a series of graded steps.

Contents

Contents; To the student; To the teacher; 1 MANIPULATION 1.1 Developing a critical mind: 1.1.1 Rewriting, 1.1.2 Editing, 1.1.3 Punctuating; 1.2 Expanding and contracting: 1.2.1 Expanding, 1.2.2 Contracting; 1.3 Completing; 1.4 Transforming; 2 IMITATION 2.1 Trying different genres: 2.1.1 Acrostics,.2.1.2 Advertisements, 2.1.3 Haikus, 2.1.4 limericks, 2.1.5 Proverbs, 2.1.6 Riddles, 2.1.7 Tall tales, 2.1.8 Tongue-twisters, 2.1.9 Visual poems; 2.2 In the manner of ...: 2.2.1 Imitating the style of a poem, 2.2.2 Imitating the style and plot of a story; 2.3 Retelling a well-known story; 2.4 Parodying a writer or a work: 2.4.1 Parodying poems, 2.4.2 Parodying prose; 2.5 Parodying a genre; 3 VARIATIONS ON A THEME 3.1 Bias; 3.2 The implied reader; 3.3 Point of view and narrative technique; 3.4 Different Genres: 3.4.1 Choosing a genre, 3.4.2 Turning a genre into another genre; 3.5 Illustrating parables and proverbs; 3.6 Stylistic constraints; 3.7 Exercises in style; 3.8 Evaluation: 3.8.1 Blurbs, 3.8.2 Reviews; 4 INVENTION 4.1 Chain writing; 4.2 Writing about paintings: 4.2.1 Pages on canvas, 4.2.2 Poems about paintings; 4.3 From titles to stories; 4.4 Finishing a poem or story: 4.4.1 Finishing a poem, 4.4.2 Completing a story; 4.5 Filling the gaps; 4.6 Imaginary worlds; KEY